Systems Management, Server Management

Dell

16 Systems Management

16.1 Overview

Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for:

∙Deployment of one or many servers from a single console

∙Monitoring of server and storage health and maintenance

∙Update of system, operating system, and application software

Dell offers IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes—priced and sized appropriately and supported comprehensively.

16.2 Server Management

A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are included with the product. ISO images are also available. A brief description of available content:

•Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU): Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install and pre-OS hardware configuration and updates.

•Server Update Utility (SUU): This DVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS, and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties.

•OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA): The OpenManage Server Administrator tool provides a comprehensive, one-to-one (one console to one server) systems management solution, designed for system administrators to manage systems locally and remotely over a network. OMSA allows system administrators to focus on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one-to-one systems management.

•Management Console: Dell IT Assistant (ITA) is also included, as well as tools to allow access to our remote management products. These tools are Remote Access Service for iDRAC and the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Utility.

•Active Directory Snap-in Utility: The Active Directory Snap-in Utility provides an extension snap-in to the Microsoft Active Directory. This allows you to manage Dell specific Active Directory objects. The Dell-specific schema class definitions and their installation are also included on the DVD.

•Dell Systems Service Diagnostics Tools: Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics tools deliver the latest Dell optimized drivers, utilities, and operating system-based diagnostics that you can use to update your system.

•eDocs: The section includes PDF files for PowerEdge systems, storage peripherals, and Dell

OpenManage™ software.

•Dell Management Console (DMC): The Dell Management Console is a systems management console that enables systems administrators to discover and inventory devices on your network. It provides functions such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems. DMC differs from the IT Assistant management console (described above) in that with DMC, value-add plug-ins that enable advanced functionality can be purchased and added to the base DMC product.

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